Ministry of Justice trialled facial recognition on prison visitors in December 2018 to January 2019 and is now deploying it at three prisons. Our legal and policy officer Griff Ferris, said: “The use of facial recognition in prisons comes as a total shock to everyone, including the Commissioners who have been tasked to oversee this […]

“Facebook shouldn’t be using people’s personal security information for anything other than security. But in fact, they’ve used it in a way that undermines users’ security and exploited it for advertising,” Silkie Carlo, director of civil liberties group Big Brother Watch, told i. “This poses a serious risk to dissidents and human rights campaigners […]

Over 50 authorities are now using predictive algorithms across welfare, policing, and children’s data. Our director, Silkie Carlo, warned about the erosion of privacy and transparency, and the risk of discrimination. “If the functions of digital government become more invasive, opaque, cryptic and unchallenged – our ability to challenge decisions will become little more than […]

Three airlines – American, United and Singapore – have this week admitted that their inflight entertainment (IFE) screens have lenses embedded within them. Director of Big Brother Watch, Silkie Carlo, said: If airlines aren’t using the cameras, they shouldn’t be there. Passengers shouldn’t have to worry about whether secret cameras are on or off, whether […]